Improvement in curd-cutters



JAMES B. LYONS, OF MILTON, CONNECTICUT.

lNI PROVElVl ENT IN CUFD-CUTTEPLS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent N0. 42,209, dated April 5, 1864.

To a/ZZ whom tm/ay concern:

Be it known that I, JAMEs B. LroNs, of Milton, in the town and county of Litchiield, in the State of Connecticut, have invented a new and useful Machine for Cutting and Preparing Gheese-Ourd, and the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making apart of this specification, in which- Figure l represents a side elevation, showing the operating parts in dotted lines. Fig. 2 shows a plan or top View, the right-angle cutters represented in red lines. Fig. 3 is a detached view of the stationary and sliding cutters.

My invention consists in the combination of the stationary and vibrating cutters and compressor or handfollower.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will describe its con struction and operation more in detail, referring to the drawings and to the letters ot' reference marked thereon.

I make a square or oblong box, A A, of any desired size to accommodate the dairy or the size or quantity ofthe curd used for a cheese. the ends ofthe box B B forming the stand ards or supports for the machine, which may` be placed and operated in a tub, pan, or box to receive the curd as it is liberated by the cutters. A part ofthe cutting apparatus (as seen in Figs. 3 and 2, red lines) may be made ot' thick sheettin, the edges notched so that it fits together in squares of about half of an inch space, the top and bottom surfaces form ing a pla-ne, on the top of which is placed the curd, ,over Which is a hand-follower, O D. made to tit in and cover the surface of the squares or cutters c a a which form the bottom of the box A A. The follower O D is operated by the handle D, one end being placed under the bracket 0l,- and, as it forces the curd through the stationary cutters ca a a, the vibrating cutters b b b b b, being placed close to the under side ofthe stationary cut ters c c a., are made to operate laterally by the action otl the crank E, the cranks or eccentrics e e, and coupling'bars F F, connected to the slides H H.

The vibrating cutters b b may be made of narrow strips ot' sheet tin or wire, screwed io the sliding rods H H' in such a manner that they will be kept straight and slice off the curd as it is being forced through the network or stationary critters a c c. The crankshaft G may be supported in the boxes Il, the same being secured tothe end of the machine in a line with the vibrating cutters.

To operate the machine the curd is placed in the box A A, the follower O D placed in position to force itdown at the same time by turning the crank E. The cutters b b b, working laterally will slice off from the squares made by the stationary cutters c c c, and thus reduce into cubes a half an inch square the curd, and when thus sliced up it is in most excellent condition to scald, salt, and prepare l'or the press.

The advantages of this machine fior cutting up cheese curd over the old process of chopping will readily be seen, tor the Work is done in a far superior manner, in less than one fourth ofthe time or labor that is required when the old cheese-curd chopping-knife77 is used.

Having thus fully described my simple and et'ticient invention, what l claim as new and useful, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isv

The vibrating cutters b b b b, in combination with the stationary right angle cutters a a a c, and the compressor or hand-follower C D, operating substantially in the manner as and for the purposes herein set forth.

JAMES B. LYONS. lL. s]

Witnesses:

THoMAs DWYER, DWIGHT C. KILBOURN. 

